Bloggers Connect
Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2007, Aug 2, 2007 – Aug 4, 2007 • The Palace Hotel, San Francisco
Connect with Bloggers Around the World
Real estate bloggers from around the globe are gathering in San Francisco for a two-day real estate blogging networking event. Enjoy face time with your colleagues in the real estate blogosphere including ample party and networking time along with sessions that will help you gather insights into best practices and the biggest rewards of real estate blogging.
| TUESDAY, JULY 31 | |
| Time | Session Title |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Bloggers Connect Welcome Reception "Beer with Bloggers" Sponsored by:  |
| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 | |
| Time | Session Title |
| 8:30 am - 9:15 am | Finding Your Voice |
| 9:15 am - 10:00 am | Monetizing Your Blog |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Keynote: Sitting in the eye of a media storm: The inside story |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | Show Me the Leads |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Blogs and Social Networking: Creating Virtual Communities |
| 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Pump Up the Volume with Widgets, Blidgets and Other Doo-Dads |
| 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Project Blogger Winners Revealed |
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | 10 Tips From Top Bloggers |
If you are serious about real estate blogging, then you should attend Bloggers Connect. Summer in San Francisco, can you resist?
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR BLOGGERS CONNECT NOW.
Bloggers Connect Program
Tuesday, July 31, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Beer w/Bloggers Reception
Join us for the kickoff celebration with the top real estate bloggers in the business. Before we get down to business on Wednesday with the conference portion of Bloggers Connect, let’s get together for some beverages, networking and camaraderie.
Sponsored by: 
Wednesday, August 1, 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Finding Your Voice
Personality is key to successful blogging, but how do you let down your guard and get your personality to come across on the screen? Fellow bloggers discuss methods they use to break the black-and-white barrier and infuse color into your blog.
Moderator: Joel Burslem, Social Media/Interactive Marketing Manager, Inman News
Panelists:
Ardell DellaLoggia, Associate Broker, Sound Realty
Philip Ferrato, Editor, Curbed SF
Marlow Harris, Realtor, Coldwell Banker Bain Associates
Drew Meyers, Community Relations Specialist, Zillow.com
Wednesday, August 1, 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Monetizing Your Blog
Blogging is not your first career, but there's still some money to be made. Learn how fellow bloggers are incorporating ads, sponsored links and other money-makers into their blogs.
Moderator: Joel Burslem, Social Media/Interactive Marketing Manager, Inman News
Panelists:
Rudolph Bachraty III, Co-Founder, Sellsius°
Paul Chaney, Vice President Marketing, Blogging Systems
Ted Murphy, Founder/CEO, PayPerPost
Wednesday, August 1, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Keynote: Sitting in the eye of a media storm: The inside story
“60 Minutes,” angry bloggers, controversy and a NAR uproar. Learn how Glenn Kelman managed the clash between old and new media. Can blogging actually develop opportunities, open doors and become the voice of an industry?
Glenn Kelman, CEO & President, Redfin
Wednesday, August 1, 11:00 a.m - 11:45 a.m.
Show Me the Leads
You have a blog, you're spending hours to write and polish relevant content, now how do you get prospective clients to notice it? Find out how to use SEO techniques to get your blog noticed in search engines and how to convert your site visitors into paying clients.
Moderator: Kevin Boer, Founder, 3 Oceans Real Estate Blog
Panelists:
Brian Brady, Managing Director, World Wide Credit Corporation
Jim Cronin, Owner/Author, Real Estate Tomato
Mary McKnight, Blogging Evangelist, RSS Pieces
Noah Rosenblatt, Founder, UrbanDigs.com/Licensed RE Salesperson,
Citi-Habitats
Charles Turner, Real Estate Broker, Prudential NW Properties
Wednesday, August 1, 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Blogs and Social Networking: Creating Virtual Communities
Blogs have enabled people to connect from thousands of miles away and collaborate on professional strategies and casual fun. Find out where this trend is going.
Moderator: Jessica Swesey, Managing Editor, Inman News
Panelists:
Anil Dash, Chief Evangelist, Six Apart
Pat Kitano, Managing Principal, Domus Consulting Group
Dustin Luther, Director of Interactive Marketing, Move, Inc.
Robyn Tippins, Community Manager, MyBlogLog
Wednesday, August 1, 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch Break
Pump Up the Volume with Widgets, Blidgets and Other Doo-Dads
Real estate and finance can be heavy topics. Lighten up your blog with fun widgets and other applications that can help create community and keep your readers coming back.
Moderator: Joel Burslem, Social Media/Interactive Mktg Manager, Inman News
Panelists:
Matt Dunlap, CTO, Realivent Corporation-Realivent.com
Konstantin Guericke, CEO, Jaxtr
Oliver Muoto, Co-Founder & Vice President Business Development, vFlyer
Byrne Reese, Product Manager, Movable Type, Six Apart
Wednesday, August 1, 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Project Blogger Winners Revealed
Find out who's Top Blog from the Project Blogger competition co-sponsored by ActiveRain and Inman News. Twelve teams competed for four months to see who the next big real estate blogging talent is.
Presenters:
Matt Heaton, CEO, ActiveRain
Jonathan Washburn, President, ActiveRain
Wednesday, August 1, 2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
10 Tips From Top Bloggers
Hear unique ideas from the industry's top bloggers on how to tone up your blog and save it from falling into the dead zone.
Moderator: Jessica Swesey, Managing Editor, Inman News
Panelists:
Teresa Boardman, Realtor/Broker, Keller Williams
Joseph Ferrara, Co-Founder, Sellsius LLC
Dan Green, Founder/President, Bring The Blog
Adam Koval, Founder/Senior Analyst, SocketSite
Bloggers Connect Housing
We have a very special hotel set aside just for bloggers attending Bloggers Connect. We wanted to provide a uniquely creative environment so we have reserved a block of rooms at the award-winning, boutique Palomar Hotel in Union Square, San Francisco. The rate is $199 USD per night, plus applicable sales taxes, and is valid from Tuesday, July 31, 2007 through Thursday, August 2, 2007. The housing block cut-off is July 3, 2007. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis, while they last. Rates are subject to change and may be higher for rooms other than standard accommodations.
Click Here to book online or you may make reservations by calling 1-877-294-9711 and requesting the Inman News Group Block.
The content, speakers and workshops are being designed in the blogosphere. We have invited 20 leading real estate bloggers to take part in the Bloggers Connect Steering Committee and to use their blogs to reach out to their readers to invent the program. Imagine the first "user-generated program" including panels, topics and sessions. Could be silly, could be interesting -- certain to be fun.
Members of the Bloggers Connect Steering Committee:
Rudy Bachraty, Joseph Ferrara, Sellsius Real Estate Blog
Doug Heddings, TrueGotham
Noah Rosenblatt, UrbanDigs
Adam Koval, SocketSite
Dustin Luther, RainCityGuide
Pat Kitano, Transparent Real Estate
Joel Burslem, Future of Real Estate Marketing
Mary McKnight, RSS Pieces
Jonathan Miller, Matrix
Greg Swann, Bloodhound Realty Blog
Marlow Harris, 360Digest
Frances Flynn Thorsen, The Realty Gram Blog
Teresa Boardman, St. Paul Minneapolis Real Estate
Drew Meyers, Zillow
Matt Heaton, ActiveRain
Jim Cronin, Real Estate Tomato
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